A Tour of the Asansol Loco Shed (Jan. 2000)
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- After an exhilarating Bokaro Shatabdi footplate, I headed to the Asansol loco shed. For the next hour or so, I had an opportunity to be up, close and personal with various AC electric locos in different stages of POH, including condemned ones! Fortunately, I had a treat waiting for me - a live WAM3 loco was doing shunting duties. Need I say more? The trip report is here - irfca.org/apps/... .
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Excellent video Mani Vijay. Infact I want to tell you that my grandfather was a loco pilot of Asansol division and as far as I remembered he drove the loco WAM and WAP. I showed this video to him, and he started crying. He was just recalling the days he passed during his 40years of duty from a cleaner to Special grade loco pilot. Thank you Mani Vijay.
I am really touched. Please ask him if he knew Mr. S. Ramanathan, my uncle, who used to the GM of ER in the 90s.
Thankful to you for treating our generation with this precious footage!!! Gem...
Thanks for your feedback!
Precious video. Especially WAM2, WAM3, WAG3 etc. The first AC locos of the country. WAM3 had reversed pantos similar to YAM1. Both were made by the Japanese consortium of HMT - Hitachi Mitsubishi Toshiba.
Having goosebumps watching the video and reminiscing the (g)olden days. Superb work Sir. Thanks
My father is also a Diesel locomotive pilot...I am proud of himm....
That is great! My salute to your father 🙏 . Which section does he work in?
@@ManiVijay He is working in Mumbai division.. joined in 1996 at Valsad, a town in South Gujarat..
Please give my regards to him
I grew up in Asansol
My father was a Doctor at Eastern Railways in Asansol from 2000-2022. And previously was posted at Kanchrapa from 1985-2000.
Sir all your old videos involving Asansol are very precious to me because we traveled to many parts of India in the 2000s so I know this station from end to end.
super awesome!! Original WAP-6 in it's orginal livery is the treat for the sore eyes!! The WAM's are absolutely priceless!! Damn! I miss the 80's........thanks for this video...
Really joyful to watch some rearest locos which I have never seen..amazing..I have seen WAM2 at howrah rail museum..thank u very much sir..
Glad you enjoyed!
Awesome WAM treat video Sirjee!! Love the livery of the WAP-6s..it was far better than the current livery !! First time I am seeing WAG-3/4 locos!! and 22060 at 6:18 sec mark was a Beauty!! Love the livery!! Much better than monotonous Red P-4 livery! At that time MGS was under ER not ECR as per marking on the loco!! The train which was crossing at 6:36 mark was probably Black Diamond Express considering the time (10:06 am),the rake composition and the name plate!
This is the gem among all my favourite videos!!Thanks for sending me the link Sir,I am honoured!!
Mani Sir, my uncle was JE in Asansol loco shed that time. In my boyhood days, I regularly visited ASN loco shed. He knows Mr. RK Gupta. Mani Sir, thanks again for uploading such videos.
Wow, great! Your uncle must have known my uncle, Shri S. Ramanathan, who was the GM of ER at that time.
Ok sir I'll ask him. Yes he would definitely know him sir. Please WhatsApp me 09635217657 .
Awesome coverage sir ; I wasn't even born when this video was shot . Really "Old is Gold"
Glad you liked it :-)
That's good to see various kind of locos in this shed. Indian railways is always beautiful.
Back then, we had so many variations of the WAM loco.
Sir very nice to see old titans WAM2 AND WAM 3 alongwith WAP1 ELEC LOCOS. The are looking very smart and not weary and they all look also like trapezed Meter gauge YAM 4 locos. very nice video. This video I view many times for understanding the evolution of our railways since last 18 years. thanks Mani DA sir.
Nanri. The WAM2/3 and YAM1 were all Mitsubishi-Toshiba locos, hence, look similar.
I went 20 yrs back in time thru this vdo
Thanks!
Our Lovely Asansol Loco Shed, 21 years back, Almost all the locos shown in the footage, have been withdrawn from service.
Thanks for sharing the video of AC electric grand daddys
Glad you enjoyed it.
very nice coverage and needless to say great work. The way some technical informations are given in the video is really great.
Thanks!
Enjoyed it Sir :) What are you doing Nowadays and Where are you Leaving ?
Thanks! I have been settled in USA for many years now.
At around 7mins that train must be Dhanbad bound Black Diamond. Given that this possibly was shot the same day as the Bokaro Satabdi ride and there was dense fog, Black must be running late.
Excellent video sir enjoyed it thoroughly....this is food for eyes ,I’m always longing to see older locos and rakes
Thanks!
Wow.! Thank you for sharing this video.. I always wondered how ELS Asansol looks from inside..
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for sharing the exceptional video. Reminded me of my visit to the Bhusawal electric loco shed last year in February 2011 (IRFCA Convention).
Great coverage of one of the busiest loco sheds. Thanks for the video... Great sir people like you filmed those moments. The new generation could see this. Railways in West Bengal was one of the earliest electrified lines
Glad you enjoyed it! I used to love seeing these locos live during my Grand Chord journeys in the 70s and 80s.
Vishnu Njarathadathil Maharashtra had electric line since 3rd Feb 1925
wag3 not visible
wow wag3 locos at last
Arpan Mitra thank you for the information.
@dylf14 Thanks a lot for your feedback. The panto action was done on my request but they overdid it. However, no complaints there :-)
Great work. WAG 3 trial with WDM sounds is just fantastic
Thanks!
These video make us reminiscent
Thanks!
@ritadhishankar Really miss those elegant green rectangular boxes of steel :-)
Early WAMs in their quintessential green & black livery. Used to ride passenger trains hauled by them on SDAH-RHA route. They also hauled Darjeeling Mail from BWN to SDAH and back.
I used to just love them whenever I traveled in the MGS-HWH section back in the 70s and 80s.
Thank you Mani sir for this amazing video never thought I would see them in action
Glad you liked it!
fabulous....thank u so much..its an honour sire!!
The WAP-1 at 6:29 has an unusual large, round-shaped headlamp. Prior to this, I never knew that MGS had WAP-1s once. Damn! Also adding sir, my father, he's a railway brat, and so, he grew up amongst trains. He used to tell me about Mitsubishi electric locos that once used to come to Gaya. He also told me about its shrill horn which sounded quite unique at that time, I guess the honk given by the WAM-3 at 6:03 and between 7:12 and 7:24 is the one. I've heard it for the first time! Thank you sir for preversing a part of Railways' History. Watching your videos is definitely a visual treat.
Also adding sir, the freight wagons making their appearance between 3:44 and 4:14 (with the open one being a BOST wagon probablyThe closed one resembles a BCNA wagon is BCXC wagon) have got those old-style bogies. I've seen those type of bogies lying abandoned on an abandoned track at Gaya. There are two of them, with one of them having a buildplate of 1970 and the other one having a buildplate of 1977.
Those were the haydays of the first batch of electric locomotives. Even after 30-40 years they are still in drivable condition such was the quality of workmanship.
Some really exclusive footage! I never realized that Asansol was this big a locoshed! It was also nice to see those green rectangular boxes of steel! :)
How your comment was 9 years old but video is 4 years old?
@@Curiosity403now 11 years ago but how
Wow, such a variety of locos under shed, why can't IR bring back each of the loco type in action again. We being rail fan will love to see them in Action.
Mani Sir has these moments captured on video which are unforgettable.
Thanks Mani Sir !!!!
I, too, would love to see these back in action. But they are all gone.
Super VIdeo Sir. Amazing locos. Born and brought up in DC region of India, its rare to see to AC locos specially in age where WAG-7/9 are Kings. The video is like gem to me.
One thing I noticed is the manufacturer's logo (Mitsubishi) on loco performing panto action. Never seen such trend before
Old memories come back
Thanks! Happy New Year!
@avishekbasu90 Glad you enjoyed it, Avishek :)
Mani Vijay... The Mine of Indian Railways History
Please make a latest 4K Tour of the Locoshed also please mention some History of this oldest shed.
Another vintage gem awesome....
Thanks :-)
How awesome it is to see the history!!!
Takes you on a trip down memory lane, right?
Mani Vijay yes!!
superb, a very rare video to be captured.really great, my wish of going to loco shed fulfilled.I had been to kyn diesel loco shed but not electric shed.panto action was splendid.
Thank you again sir for reply ing
Bahot Aacha Sir Ji
Its just awesome to see WAM-3's..
Thankz for sharing it sir..!!
Rarest asansol loco shed footage i have ever seen
@KSaaluvesh Glad you liked it!
Thanks for sending me this link sir....Fabulously awesom
Thanks again sir
@parthajit72 Partho, I know how you feel! I, too, miss the 80s and WAMx BoBo locos - they used to dominate the Grand Chord section.
It's heaven sir...👌
Thanks!
wow nice capture those classic golden days of IR
Thanks!
He drove his last loco WAM 20264. He got retired in the year 1988 as a Special A Grade Loco Pilot. And I am really proud of my Grandfather.
Did he drive the WAM2 loco by any chance? If so, please ask him about this experiences with the loco. Grand Chord is one of my favorite sections, since I used to commute between Varanasi/Mughalsarai and Asansol-Howrah in the 70s and early 80s.l
@@ManiVijay my father back in 1974 was driving a WAM1/20259 from Gomoh to Howrah by 10 down Deradun - Howrah Express and experienced the deadly incident of his engine parting from the train.This was due to the brake van being overloaded. He never ever forgot that day......!
@@ManiVijayYes he did drove . He specially recalling the memories with Steam Loco. He worked really hard when he was fire man and he has break almost tons of coal for UP-GRADIENT section of Jhajha and Gomoh. For him the most vulnerable stations were Prdhankhanta, Chota-ambona and kalubathan. As these stations have or had i don't know too much curve. And lots of lots of memories. He joined railway in early 1948 as cleaner. He used to clean the fire box of the steam loco and after cleaning the fire box they given a small box of cream which he has to rub in the entire fire box for shining. His first ever salary was 17 rupees and 21 paisa. He had one small notebook which i found last before his death... In that book he used to write his per month salary... All his hikes during his 40 years of profession. Lots of things to say Mani Sir....
Our family lost him last year on 4th May 2022... He left behind so memories... He was very attached with me... Can't explain you the loss i faced Mani Sir... Just can't write anymore Mani Sir... Hope you understand. 🙏
This is undoubted one of the best IR videos put up.
Such rare locos. Great commentary.Thank you.
Was the pantograph movement for some test?
When you see these old videos you realise how far India has progressed.
Maybe, in technology, but definitely not in rake maintenance and punctuality. Back in the 70s and 80s, there was a certain sense of pride for various trains among staff and commuters alike, which is sorely missing now.
Spectacular videography sir......after a long time such a wonderful video from you is the best present.... :) Thanks for sharing it with us... :)
Priceless sir truly a rare capture wag -3 I think was made Hitachi back in those days
Thanks! WAG2, WAM2/3 were the Hitachi ones.
@Analghosh100 Glad you liked it!
Thanx for this, I haven't been inside an electric loco shed !!
@sriram10 Thanks, Sriram! A visit to these ICF factories is always fun, as you have pointed out.
A breathtaking shot sir. The best I hav evr seen in my life. Pls do send me links of these type of videos. Thanx 4 sharing. I'm jst speechless.
Thanks!
@MrRaj2953 Thanks a lot!
Thanks for information.. beautiful vedio
@balajimannar2007 Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic Coverage Sir . The Video was Very Informative
Thanks!
Hitachi the made in the Japan technique awsome
This is just awsome lovely video mani sir !!.
@baban4321 Glad you liked it :-)
@antonygijo Thanks for your feedback.
wow nice to see wag3.ya remeber.i have seen wag3.nice to see wap6.beside wap6 which loco is standing.nice to see pantograph assembly.nice to see round healamp wap4/wap6 is rajdhani colour.good collection of wam1,2,3,wag1,2,3,4
thanks for posting this :) :)
great coverage !!
Awesome... MGS WAP1 , WAM3 😍😍😍
Thanks..all the locos that we used to love :-) :-)
@rtndbm Thanks for your feedback :-)
The lost generation of locos. 😢😢😢😢😢
@TheRonak19 You are most welcome!
wow sir ......thnk u so much......
WoW
Superb
I Can Work For The Railways Even For Free
Even In The 4the Grade
Let Me Serve You My All Time Love
Thanks a lot!
Sir kya phle locos me jo headlight bulb hua krta tha vo single hota tha kya bcs ab twin headlight bulb lge hote h circular shape me jo bulb pairs hote h ? Kripiya thoda bataye ye kon se year se start hua agar hua h to
Superb video.. How lucky you are I also want to see those locos
Many of these locos are no more.
@dhawal4987 Glad you enjoyed it, Dhawal!
Nice video. That WDM2 sound stole the show..
Thanks!
yes i am also thinking the same cuz i m a die hard diesel fan.....
Incidentally my father was a motorman on the TBM to Madras Beach line in the 60s
Oh, that's very nice to hear. I actually miss the Metre Gauge trains that existed in the Beach-Tambaram line. It's all converted to BG now.
wow wat a gr8 effrt by u... truly adorable
@indranilbasu01 Glad you enjoyed it!
best video of indian railways 👍
Thanks a lot!
@viviboye Thanks, Vivian!
Treasures ❤
@vishnunath2000 You are most welcome :)
Nice video
@Louhapath Glad you liked it, Sabarmit :-)
The best sounding horn is the CR WCAM3.
really gr8 ..................awesome
Great visit
Thanks!
Absolutely stunning:))
@lalitpv07 - yeah seriously.... always kept imagining how a loco shed from inside looked....this is just what i wanted to see ....
my early childhood memories thank u MAANI SIR
Glad it stirred up some memories for you.
waaaowww....... lucky you.... amazing !!!!
@andy25biotech I knew you would like this video, being a WAM-lover like me :-) I, too, loved the livery of the WAP1 loco #22060 - wonder why they don't use this a lot. Good observations about the ECR marking, and the Black Diamond Exp. :-)